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Nerve-derived Schwann cell precursors, acting in a paracrine fashion, are essential for mammalian digit tip regeneration [MOUSE]

ABSTRACT: Multi-tissue regenerative capacity is lost in adult mammals with the exception of the distal digit, which regenerates via largely-uncharacterized mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate that following adult mouse distal digit removal, nerve-associated Schwann cell precursors (N-SCPs) dedifferentiate and secrete growth factors that promote expansion of the blastema and digit regeneration. Specifically, when N-SCPs were dysregulated or ablated, mesenchymal precursor proliferation in the blastema was decreased, nail and bone regeneration were impaired, and regeneration could be rescued by transplantation of exogenous N-SCPs. We show that N-SCPs secreted factors that promoted self-renewal of mesenchymal precursors, and we used transcriptomic and proteomic analysis to define candidate factors. Two of these, oncostatin M (OSM) and PDGF-AA, were made by N-SCPs in the regenerating digit, and rescued the deficits in regeneration caused by loss of N-SCPs due to denervation. Since nerves innervate every peripheral tissue, these results have broad implications for mammalian tissue repair and regeneration.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE81697 | GEO | 2016/07/12

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA322326

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Nerve-derived Schwann cell precursors, acting in a paracrine fashion, are essential for mammalian digit tip regeneration [RAT]

Project description:Multi-tissue regenerative capacity is lost in adult mammals with the exception of the distal digit, which regenerates via largely-uncharacterized mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate that following adult mouse distal digit removal, nerve-associated Schwann cell precursors (N-SCPs) dedifferentiate and secrete growth factors that promote expansion of the blastema and digit regeneration. Specifically, when N-SCPs were dysregulated or ablated, mesenchymal precursor proliferation in the blastema was decreased, nail and bone regeneration were impaired, and regeneration could be rescued by transplantation of exogenous N-SCPs. We show that N-SCPs secreted factors that promoted self-renewal of mesenchymal precursors, and we used transcriptomic and proteomic analysis to define candidate factors. Two of these, oncostatin M (OSM) and PDGF-AA, were made by N-SCPs in the regenerating digit, and rescued the deficits in regeneration caused by loss of N-SCPs due to denervation. Since nerves innervate every peripheral tissue, these results have broad implications for mammalian tissue repair and regeneration.

2016-07-12 | GSE81703 | GEO

Expression analysis of nail matrix in mouse.

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Acquisition of a unique mesenchymal precursor-like blastema state underlies successful adult mammalian digit tip regeneration

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Transcriptomic analysis of bone and fibrous tissue morphogenesis during digit tip regeneration in the adult mouse

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